After Al-Qaeda threat, Gujarat police tighten security for rath yatra In Ahmedabad
Security will be provided from the ground to the sky with more than a thousand CCTV cameras monitoring the festival; security personnel will wear body cameras & drones will be deployed for the first time.
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Ahmedabad, June 10: The Gujarat Police has issued an alert after Al Qaeda threatened suicide attack in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat over the Prophet row. Ahmedabad city will also witness Jagannath Rathyatra on July 1, after two years break due to Covid-19 pandemic, in which millions of people participate.
A recent UN report said that the AQIS, a subordinate of the Al-Qaeda core, may be changing its focus from Afghanistan to Kashmir with the help of the Taliban government. The outfit has over 180 to 400 fighters spread drawn from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
Gujarat Police will deploy drones, body cameras and a specially created mobile app as part of security measures for the Rath Yatra this year. Police are on high alert following an Al-Qaeda threat to carry out attacks in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat over the row over Prophet remarks.
Ahmedabad Crime Branch DCP said security will be provided from the ground to the sky with more than a thousand CCTV cameras monitoring the festival. Security personnel will wear body cameras. Drones will be deployed for the first time.
An app has been created to help police detect history-sheeters, anti-social elements or people involved in crimes along the procession’s route. GPS devices will also be deployed.
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It has been decided to install GPS system in all the trucks, elephants & bhajan groups in the route for the safety of all joining the rath yatra. This system will make it easy to get the location of the vehicle or person in case of any untoward incident. The GPS system will also be used to ensure that the security cordon of 3000 security personnel isn't broken.
A recent UN report said that the AQIS, a subordinate of the Al-Qaeda core, may be changing its focus from Afghanistan to Kashmir with the help of the Taliban government. The outfit has over 180 to 400 fighters spread drawn from Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.